There was an alleged racism clash outside Laerskool, Danie Malan in Pretoria North on Wednesday. Images via Twitter/@JohnyKwena and @Newsbreak_Lotus.
‘Systematic exclusion’: EFF on alleged racism at Danie Malan
The EFF says Laerskool Danie Malan is racially selective on who accesses the school and who doesn’t as some learners are yet to be admitted.
There was an alleged racism clash outside Laerskool, Danie Malan in Pretoria North on Wednesday. Images via Twitter/@JohnyKwena and @Newsbreak_Lotus.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng has accused Laerskool Danie Malan in Pretoria North of continued racism and systematic exclusion of black children from accessing education.
The accusation comes as black parents protested outside the school on Wednesday, 11 January, because their children had not yet been admitted to the school, even though some applied early and uploaded the necessary documents.
EFF WEIGHS IN ON ALLEGED RACISM AT LAERSKOOL DANIE MALAN
The EFF accused Laerskool Danie Malan of being hellbent on infusing and perpetuating white supremacy and black inferiority not only at the learning level, saying that the School Governing Body also remains a luxury of the few white Afrikaner leaders.
WATCH: Alleged racist clash outside Danie Malan in Pretoria
EFF Gauteng spokesperson Dumisani Baleni said they find the excuse of technical discrepancies with the department’s online system to be very convenient and opportunistic coming from the SGB and those who happen to benefit from the situation.
Baleni also said they have pointed out that the technical shortcomings are problematic and called for the Gauteng Provincial Government to remedy the situation by allowing those who applied and need space to be granted access.
“However, the situation with Laerskool Danie Malan deserves our immediate and urgent attention because it seems racially selective on who accesses the school and who does not. It follows the same pattern as other cases with the school,” Baleni said.
The EFF has since called for the Gauteng Department of Education to intervene immediately by granting black children access to the school.
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“The department must prescribe more classes to be open for children doing English as their primary language, even if it means cutting down on Afrikaans classrooms.
“Class allocations must reflect the demographics of the society and be in line with the country’s transformation agenda. There must be an immediate intervention and overhaul of the School Governing Body composition as it has been party to perpetrating and defending racism in the school. The body must reflect the society’s complexion and be intentional about eradicating racism and rewriting the apartheid injustices.”
Dumisani Baleni
According to the Gauteng Department of Education over 1000 learners are yet to be placed in schools.
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